Airforce Do.A.P. Emergency Services Search And Rescue In Addition New Radios
After last years disappoint as the first year the race was canceled due to lack of snow, this year is already revving up to be a good year. Saturday set a record as 30 teams registered for the race in a 24 hour period. Jan. 27. 2008 is the day it starts, the 400 mile race will start in Duluth and head up the North Shore of Lake Superior, returning for a finish back in Duluth. The purse this year being a total of $40,000 with $8,000 going to the winner.
So how did I get here? This writing journey began about 20 years ago when Don Feigel, the editor of an icom 2 way radios newsletter, asked if I could contribute some articles. I'm a professional electronics technician, so I was interested in the tech side, but the pieces quickly devolved into comedy. I found a character, earnest but not overly bright, who may not be far removed from my own. It's been a merry downhill run ever since.
Hybrid FRS/GMRS consumer radios have been introduced that have 22 channels. Many of these radios have been certified for unlicensed operation (on the 14 FRS frequencies, channels 1-14) under FRS rules.
A VHF icom marine radio, for instance, should be equipped on your boat should the need ever arise for you to get a hold of someone during an emergency. VHF icom marine radios are equipped with Digital Selective Calling (DSC), so it will be very easy to you to call the Coast Guard or other boaters close to your area. You can either have a traditional VHF radio installed on your boat, or buy a handheld one. It's totally up to you, all that matters is that you have some way of getting a hold of help in times of distress.
People who want to start in the world of Short wavelength listening should go for Grundig SW Radio. Using the radio you could even be able to listen to the stations which are foreigner. The radio is basically a good shortwave receiver. The greatest advantage non consumers do not know is that you do not have to know Chinese or Japanese in order to listen to their channels. You hear the channels instantly and you would not even encounter the delays you experience on internet.
Audio for the game is very good with a realistic quality you would expect in a Tom Clancy title using both icom communications and sound effects you hear from your plane. The overall experience is a quite believable flight even though some of the realism is lost to the use of such an abundant ammo supply and the slightly over the top maneuvers some of the planes can perform.
During the second and third launching of the space shuttle Columbia, Sally was the communications officer who was responsible for communicating messages from mission control to the space shuttle crew. She was also on the team that designed the remote mechanical arm that the crew used for the purposes of retrieving or deploying satellites.
Read the manual that comes with your radio and practice using it before an emergency occurs. Have others on your boat learn to use the radio as well. Channels used in the United States don't match up with international marine channel assignments. Channel assignments unique to the United States carry the suffix A or alpha. Check your radio and there will be a switch labeled US/International, be sure it's in the right position.
So how did I get here? This writing journey began about 20 years ago when Don Feigel, the editor of an icom 2 way radios newsletter, asked if I could contribute some articles. I'm a professional electronics technician, so I was interested in the tech side, but the pieces quickly devolved into comedy. I found a character, earnest but not overly bright, who may not be far removed from my own. It's been a merry downhill run ever since.
Hybrid FRS/GMRS consumer radios have been introduced that have 22 channels. Many of these radios have been certified for unlicensed operation (on the 14 FRS frequencies, channels 1-14) under FRS rules.
A VHF icom marine radio, for instance, should be equipped on your boat should the need ever arise for you to get a hold of someone during an emergency. VHF icom marine radios are equipped with Digital Selective Calling (DSC), so it will be very easy to you to call the Coast Guard or other boaters close to your area. You can either have a traditional VHF radio installed on your boat, or buy a handheld one. It's totally up to you, all that matters is that you have some way of getting a hold of help in times of distress.
People who want to start in the world of Short wavelength listening should go for Grundig SW Radio. Using the radio you could even be able to listen to the stations which are foreigner. The radio is basically a good shortwave receiver. The greatest advantage non consumers do not know is that you do not have to know Chinese or Japanese in order to listen to their channels. You hear the channels instantly and you would not even encounter the delays you experience on internet.
Audio for the game is very good with a realistic quality you would expect in a Tom Clancy title using both icom communications and sound effects you hear from your plane. The overall experience is a quite believable flight even though some of the realism is lost to the use of such an abundant ammo supply and the slightly over the top maneuvers some of the planes can perform.
During the second and third launching of the space shuttle Columbia, Sally was the communications officer who was responsible for communicating messages from mission control to the space shuttle crew. She was also on the team that designed the remote mechanical arm that the crew used for the purposes of retrieving or deploying satellites.
Read the manual that comes with your radio and practice using it before an emergency occurs. Have others on your boat learn to use the radio as well. Channels used in the United States don't match up with international marine channel assignments. Channel assignments unique to the United States carry the suffix A or alpha. Check your radio and there will be a switch labeled US/International, be sure it's in the right position.
